Have you seen those few, gorgeous, real flower walls on Pinterest?. How pretty to have a wall of fresh flowers in your home?! It’s not very realistic or long lasting but its swoon worthy. It’s also very easy to recreate it with fake flowers! Here is how to do it:
Prep It
About 6 fake flower bouquets with around 12 flowers on each
Hot glue gun
Clear fishing line
Small nails or pushpins
Wire cutters
Do It
Start by cutting your flowers off the bouquets to make them individuals. They have wire stems so it is easiest to use wire cutters. Use needle nose pliers with the cutter in the center. Try to cut them as close to the end (where all the stems gather) as possible. Then separate the flowers by color for organization.
Using your glue gun, put a dab of glue on the tip of the stem of a flower and then place that stem in the center petals of the flower you want to glue it to. If you have flowers like my teal ones that have the shape of sunflowers, you will need to glue some petals around the stem of the flower on top of it so that it stays together. If you glue it to just the center part, it will fall apart later on.
You can mix different color combinations so that no two strands are the same. Use about 8 or 9 flowers on each strand. You can make your flower strands longer or shorter depending on your wall and where you are putting them. For width, use strands to the width of your bed.
Once you have your flower strands made, you can hang them by tying a loop around the top flower head with fishing line. Then place a small nail or push pin into your wall near the ceiling and hang the fishing line on it. It is hard to notice the nail and fishing line and it will look like your flowers are just floating there. To secure your flowers even more, add a piece of tape that matches your wall color on the very bottom stem at the bottom of the strand and tape it to the wall. It’s not necessary but it does keep the flowers in one place.
This is a creative way to make a “headboard” or spruce up a wall.
Adapted from: Sweet Teal
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